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Helleri (fig. "Bot. Reg." 997 and " Bot. Mag." 4212 as velutina).— 

 Brazil. A purple-tinted plant with a stem only a few inches 

 high ; peduncles erect, about 1 inch long ; flowers white, throat 

 greenish, red-spotted, nearly 3 inches long ; calyx red, large, 

 about 2 inches long ; a curious plant. 



hirsuta (fig. " Bot. Mag." 2690).— Rio. Leaves radical ; peduncles 

 glomerate or subracemose, radical shorter than the leaves ; 

 flowers lilac, violet-dotted ; calyx red, very villous. 



maxima (Paxt., " Mag. Bot." v. [1838], 219).— A fine hybrid off 

 speciosa, and not differing much from that species ; flowers very 

 large, drooping, whitish, with purple centre. 



regina (fig. "Gartenfl." [1904], 525).— Brazil. A very pretty 

 recently introduced species ; leaves richly coloured ; flowers 

 large purplish. Easily grown from seed or from a leaf ; 

 hybrids have already been raised between this species and 

 speciosa. 



speciosa (fig. " Bot. Mag." 1937 and 3206).— Brazil. All the 

 so-called Gloxinias, with erect and pendulous flowers, so largely 

 grown* in many establishments, are hybrids or varieties of this 

 species, which is now called 1 Sinningia,' though it will probably 

 be long before horticulturists give up the old name. See also 

 "Bot. Reg." 1127 and " Bot. Mag." 3934. 

 Var. Menziesiana (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4943). 



variabilis (fig. "Rev. Hort." [1877], 70).— Habitat (?). Peduncles 

 very long ; flowers very large, white, copiously pink-spotted, not 

 very distinct from speciosa ; if a species and not a hybrid itself it 

 is probably the origin of all the spotted forms of speciosa. 



velutina (fig. Loddig. " Bot. Cat." 1398). — Brazil. Stem purple, 

 erect, leafy, 1J foot high ; peduncle shorter than calyx ; calyx 

 sub-campanulate, 1 inch long, segments triangular ; corolla pale 

 green, nearly 2 inches long. 



Villosa (fig. " Bot. Reg." 1134).— Brazil. Stem erect, thick, 



1 foot high ; peduncles shorter than leaves, aggregate in the 

 axils ; calyx campanulate, spreading ; corolla yellowish-green, 



2 inches long. 



Youngeana (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4954). — Hybrid between speciosa 

 and velutina ; peduncles three times length of petioles ; flowers 

 axillary or terminal, solitary ; corolla large, deep violet. 

 Rosanovia. — " Gartenfl." xxi. 33. This genus is now referred by 

 botanists to Sinningia, but for horticultural purposes the 

 former name may remain in use ; they are handsome stove 

 plants, with tuberous roots ; large flowers, almost always some 

 shade of yellow, borne on axillary peduncles. 



COnspicua (fig. " Gartenflora," 712). — Brazil. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, long ; flowers yellow, marbled and dotted with purple 

 inside the tube. Var. omata, " Fl. des Serres," 2423-4, 

 is a hybrid ; flowers whitish or very pale buff, mottled rose. 



Continental establishments have hybridised here very largely, 

 and many varieties are offered ; as far as I have seen them they 

 are all very similar to conspicua ; they are very easily grown, 



